Hondurans

experience showed her a completely different way of life, one very different from her usual comforts. She tells of when the team first arrived at their ministry site. “The children had never seen candy before, so we had to explain how to unwrap the suckers, and make sure they did not eat the sucker sticks. The children had also never seen balloons, so when the team helped them make balloon animals, it was amazing to the children. I didn’t even realize that people have never eaten a sucker, it’s just not something you normally think about.” A situation like this is humbling to say the least. Candy is an insignificant item in the minds of an American, but to a Honduran child it was an item of splendor. Interestingly, Madison described a lesser-known distinction between Hondurans and Americans. “We’re more cold-climate, Honduran people warm-climate.” I inferred that she was not discussing the weather. When I asked her for clarification, she explained, “People from the United States are more formal and business oriented,…

My two sides American and Honduran People thing is a very unique experience being in born in the USA and having a Hispania or Latino background. In a ways is very unique having two different background; I get to learn two different language English and Spanish. I get to know my American culture and my Honduran culture. It is not always easy being Hispanic American. A good reason being born in the United States is that I have more opportunities here. The downside is that I did not get to grow up…

As a nation, Honduras has to support a population of a little over 8 million people. As a country, it is placed a little south of Mexico and north west of El Salvador, and is relatively small, with around 112,492km counting for its total area (CIA). For its culture, Honduras, like most other states in the Americas, hosts mix of many cultures, some from native Americans and others from immigration. With this sizable population, it is an understatement to say that Honduras has a tough burden when…

Although very beautiful, Honduras is one of the most vulnerable, poorest, and underdeveloped countries in Central America due to lack of access to health care and education as well as many other things. While the poverty line is $.145 per day, only 60% of the Honduran population live in poverty and about 20% of the Honduran population have average incomes that is 29.7 times more better than the bottom 20% of the Honduran population. The education system is a mess as well due to poverty because…

Most of the fighting took place along the borders of Nicaragua and Honduras. In the Nicaraguan revolution, Honduras was transformed into a staging ground for covert operations. The U.S. poured military aid and advisors into the Honduran army and set up base camps for the Contras—a right-wing paramilitary force cultivated by the U.S. to overthrow the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. The United States viewed Honduras as the logical point from which to intervene in these two conflicts. In the early…

corn and rice are eaten every day. During lunch time, many businesses close so that a siesta can be taken, this break during the day correlates to the femininity assignment of the country as personal well-being is worth more than profits. Some other aspects of culture that Hondurans hold in high regard are soccer and the discussion of politics, which…

a lower race of people. The discovery of gold and silver in the 1530’s led to an increase in the demand for indigenous slave labor (Honduras). The Honduran natives resisted the Spanish and an uprising in 1537 was led by the Lenca chief Lempira, but he was assassinated at peace talks arranged with the Spanish in 1538, and the native uprising ended. The Spanish followed this period with repression and brutality that wiped out the native population (Honduras). The gold rush was followed by the…

corrupt people have made the government in Mexico very weak and it also has a high volume of violence in the country. According to the Nora Hamilton, “Government efforts to eliminate the cartels have been stymied by corruption at various levels, as well as widespread poverty, which has facilitated recruitment into the cartels” (Vanden, Prevost, 2015, 335). Honduras was under military coup few years ago; therefore, the killing of activist Berta Caceres might carry away by the same coup because…

Honduran journalist and television star Salvador Nasralla is poised to win the Honduran presidential elections. According to Marcos Ramiro Lobo, an officer in the Honduran electoral commission, Nasralla was ahead by a 5 point margin with 70% of the total votes cast already counted. The election officer said that the margin was too large for his rival, incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez, to overcome. Nasralla is a bonafide member of a left-right coalition called the Opposition Alliance…

for good reason. (Ratcliff, 2015)Honduras homicide rate in 2011 was 86 per 100,000 and has approximately 36,000 active gang members.(Ratcliff, 2015) The gang members are made up of 98 percent of 12 to 25 year of age. (Ratcliff, 2015)The nation’s communities are intimidated and controlled by the gangs through extortion, torture and violence. The Honduran National Police have attempted to reform but have failed because they remain fragmented and disorganized. It has also become an endemic on how…